| Castigation 1. (n.) Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. 2. (n.) Emendation; correction. Thesaurus Entries admonishment, advice, advising, advocacy, alarm, briefing, castigation, caution, cautioning, caveat, chastisement, chiding, consultation, correction, council, counsel, determent, deterrence, deterrent example, direction, example, exhortation, expostulation, final notice, final warning, forewarning, frightening off, guidance, hint, hortation, idea, instruction, intimidation, lecture, lesson, monition, moral, notice, notification, object lesson, objurgation, opinion, parley, proposal, rap, rating, rebuke, recommendation, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, reproval, scolding, sermon, spanking, suggestion, talking out of, thought, threat, tip-off, ultimatum, upbraiding, verbum sapienti, warning, warning piece, wig |